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Phlox is another indispensable plant and the names of desirable 

 varieties are legion, and the colors likeAvise. It is one of the most 

 vigorous feeders of all and should not be allowed to remain over 

 two years in one situation for it will starve itself out in that time. 

 To secure late flowering, even into October, it is only necessary 

 to cut off the early spikes and others will follow later. 



The lupin also is indispensable ; its only defect is in dying down 

 early in the summer, leaving a naked space in the garden; the most 

 suitable variety is polyphyllus. 



Pyrethrums, or as Robinson calls them, painted daisies, single 

 and double, are highly recommended and they can be divided 

 safely soon after flowering. 



The following is a list of absolutely reliable lilies: auratum 

 platijphyllum, Hansoni, Henryi, Baieviannoe, iigrinum and its 

 variety flore pleno, Thunhergianuvi or eJecjans, speciosum album 

 and melpojnene, superhum, and Canadense. They require deep 

 planting, about one foot, and it is a mistake to plant them other- 

 wise. Amidst rhododendrons is an ideal place in which to plant 

 lilies. The California lilies, Humholdti and pardalirmm, although 

 very handsome species, will not succeed in the East. 



Anemo7ie Japonica, a valuable fall flowering plant, although 

 reputed to be hardy, he found impossible to keep through the winter 

 without protection, and he had been obliged to grow it in pots, 

 taking it under cover during the colder months of the year. 



Many other plants that are hardy in Europe he had found were 

 not so in this part of the country. Canterbury bells (Campanula) 

 were never hardy with him; foxgloves (Digitalis) suffered terribly 

 from the attacks of field mice; and other border plants, especially 

 along stone walls, were subject to the ravages of this insidious pest 

 for which there seems to be no remedy; and he could not make 

 any success with hollyhocks. Coreopsis lanceolata and grandiflora 

 were not reliably hardy, and he had experienced trouble with 

 Campanula persicifolia Ma;rJieimii not wintering. 



Most of the hardy perennials are old and well-known species and 

 there have been comparatively few new things introduced in recent 

 years. Among the best of the new introductions are Incarvillea 

 Delavayi, if it is hardy; Asiilbe Davidii, six feet in height, with 

 reddish-pink flowers; Polygonum Baldschuanicuvi of Chinese 



